Solicitation for Applications for Advisory Councils Established Pursuant to the National Marine Sanctuaries Act and Executive Order
| Published date | 29 April 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 23764 |
| Record Number | 2020-09112 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 83 (Wednesday, April 29, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 83 (Wednesday, April 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23764-23766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09112]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Solicitation for Applications for Advisory Councils Established
Pursuant to the National Marine Sanctuaries Act and Executive Order
AGENCY: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean
Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice of solicitation.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that ONMS will solicit applications to
fill non-governmental seats on its 14 established national marine
sanctuary advisory councils and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral
Reef Ecosystem Reserve Advisory Council (advisory councils), under the
National Marine Sanctuaries Act and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Executive Order, respectively. Note, the
list of 15 established advisory councils in the Contact Information for
Each Site section includes the advisory council established for the
Proposed Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary and excludes an
advisory council for the recently designated Mallows Bay-Potomac River
National Marine Sanctuary since an advisory has not yet been
established. Vacant seats, including positions (i.e., primary and
alternate), for each of the advisory councils will be advertised
differently at each site in accordance with the information provided in
this notice. This notice contains web page links and contact
information for each site, as well as additional resources on advisory
council vacancies and the application process.
DATES: Please visit individual site web pages, or reach out to a site
as identified in this notice's SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section on
Contact Information for Each Site, regarding the timing and
advertisement of vacant seats, including positions (i.e., primary or
alternate), for each of the advisory councils. Applications will only
be accepted in response to current, open vacancies and in accordance
with the deadlines and instructions included on each site's website.
ADDRESSES: Vacancies and applications are specific to each site's
advisory council. As such, questions about a specific council or
vacancy, including questions about advisory council applications,
should be directed to a site. Contact Information for Each Site is
contained in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on a
particular advisory council or available seats, please contact the site
as identified in this notice's SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section on
Contact Information for Each Site, below. For general inquiries related
to this notice or ONMS advisory councils established pursuant to the
National Marine Sanctuaries Act or Executive Order 13178, contact Katie
Denman, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries Policy and Planning
Division ([email protected]; 240-533-0702).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Section 315 of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (NMSA) (16
U.S.C. 1445A) allows the Secretary of Commerce to establish advisory
councils to advise and make recommendations regarding the designation
and management of national marine sanctuaries. Executive Order 13178
similarly established a Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Council pursuant
to the NMSA for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem
Reserve. In this Supplementary Information section, NOAA provides
details regarding the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, the role
of advisory councils, and contact information for each site.
Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS)
ONMS serves as the trustee for a network of underwater parks
encompassing more than 600,000 square miles of marine and Great Lakes
waters from Washington state to the Florida
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Keys, and from Lake Huron to American Samoa. The network includes a
system of 14 national marine sanctuaries and Papahanaumokuakea and Rose
Atoll marine national monuments. National marine sanctuaries protect
our nation's most vital coastal and marine natural and cultural
resources, and through active research, management, and public
engagement, sustain healthy environments that are the foundation for
thriving communities and stable economies.
One of the many ways ONMS ensures public participation in the
designation and management of national marine sanctuaries is through
the formation of advisory councils. Advisory councils are community-
based advisory groups established to provide advice and recommendations
to ONMS on issues including management, science, service, and
stewardship; and to serve as liaisons between their constituents in the
community and the site. Pursuant to Section 315(a) of the National
Marine Sanctuaries Act, 16 U.S.C. 1445A(a), advisory councils are
exempt from the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
Additional information on ONMS and its advisory councils can be found
at http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov.
Advisory Council Membership
Under Section 315 of the NMSA, advisory council members may be
appointed from among: (1) Persons employed by federal or state agencies
with expertise in management of natural resources; (2) members of
relevant regional fishery management councils; and (3) representatives
of local user groups, conservation and other public interest
organizations, scientific organizations, educational organizations, or
others interested in the protection and multiple use management of
sanctuary resources. For the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef
Ecosystem Reserve Advisory Council, Section 5(f) of Executive Order
13178 (as amended by Executive Order 13196) specifically identifies
member and representative categories.
The charter for each advisory council defines the number and type
of seats and positions on the council; however, as a general matter,
available seats could include: Conservation, education, research,
fishing, whale watching, diving and other recreational activities,
boating and shipping, tourism, harbors and ports, maritime business,
agriculture, maritime heritage, and citizen-at-large.
For each of the advisory councils, applicants are chosen based upon
their particular expertise and experience in relation to the seat for
which they are applying; community and professional affiliations; views
regarding the protection and management of marine or Great Lakes
resources; and possibly the length of residence in the area affected by
the site. Applicants chosen as members or alternates should expect to
serve two- or three-year terms, pursuant to the charter of the specific
national marine sanctuary advisory council or Northwestern Hawaiian
Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Advisory Council. More information
on advisory council membership and processes, and materials related to
the purpose, policies, and operational requirements for advisory
councils can be found in the charter for a particular advisory council
(http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/management/ac/council_charters.html) and
the National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council Implementation Handbook
(http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/management/ac/acref.html).
Contact Information for Each Site
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Advisory
Council: Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, University of
California, Santa Barbara, Ocean Science Education Building 514, MC
6155, Santa Barbara, CA 93106; 805-893-6437; https://channelislands.noaa.gov/sac/council_news.html.
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council:
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, P.O. Box 159, Olema, CA 94950;
415-464-5260; http://cordellbank.noaa.gov/council/applicants.html.
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council:
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, 33 East Quay Road, Key West, FL
33040; 305-809-4700; http://floridakeys.noaa.gov/sac/apps.html.
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Advisory
Council: Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 4700 Avenue U,
Building 216, Galveston, TX 77551; 409-621-5151; http://flowergarden.noaa.gov/advisorycouncil/recruitment.html.
Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council:
Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary, 10 Ocean Science Circle,
Savannah, GA 31411; 912-598-2345; http://graysreef.noaa.gov/management/sac/council_news.html.
Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Advisory
Council: Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, 991 Marine
Drive, The Presidio, San Francisco, CA 94129; 415-561-6622; https://farallones.noaa.gov/manage/sac_recruitment.html.
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary
Advisory Council: Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine
Sanctuary, NOAA Inouye Regional Center, NOS/ONMS/HIHWNMS, 1845 Wasp
Boulevard, Building 176, Honolulu, HI 96818; 808-879-2818; https://hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov/council/council_app_accepting.html.
Monitor National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council:
Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, 100 Museum Drive, Newport News, VA
23606; 757-599-3122; https://monitor.noaa.gov/advisory/news.html.
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council:
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, 99 Pacific Street, Building
455A, Monterey, CA 93940; 831-647-4201; http://montereybay.noaa.gov/sac/recruit.html.
National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa Advisory
Council: National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa, Tauese P.F. Sunia
Ocean Center, P.O. Box 4318, Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799; 684-633-
6500; https://americansamoa.noaa.gov/council/recruitment/.
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve
Advisory Council: NOAA Inouye Regional Center, NOS/ONMS/PMNM, 1845 Wasp
Boulevard, Building 176, Honolulu, HI 96818; 808-725-5800; http://www.papahanaumokuakea.gov/new-about/council/apply/.
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council:
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, 115 East Railroad Avenue,
Suite 301, Port Angeles, WA 98362; 360-457-6622; http://olympiccoast.noaa.gov/involved/sac/recruitment.html.
Proposed Lake Ontario Sanctuary Advisory Council; NOAA
Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, 4840 South State Road, Ann
Arbor, MI 48108; 734-741-2270; https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/lake-ontario/advisory/members.html.
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Advisory
Council: Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, 175 Edward Foster
Road, Scituate, MA 02066; 781-545-8026; http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/management/sac/recruitment.html.
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council:
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, 500 West Fletcher Street,
Alpena, MI 49707; 989-356-8805; http://thunderbay.noaa.gov/management/advisory_council_recruitment.html.
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Paperwork Reduction Act:
ONMS has a valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control
number (0648-0397) for the collection of public information related to
the processing of ONMS national marine sanctuary advisory council
applications across the National Marine Sanctuary System. Soliciting
applications for sanctuary advisory councils fits within the estimated
reporting burden under that control number. See https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRASearch (Enter Control Number 0648-0397).
Therefore, ONMS will not request an update to the reporting burden
certified for OMB control number 0648-0397
Send comments regarding this burden estimate, or any other aspect
of this data collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden,
to: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, 1305 East West Highway, N/
NMS, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law, no person is
required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty
for failure to comply with a collection of information subject to the
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq., unless that collection of information displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OMB control
number is #0648-0397.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.
John Armor,
Director, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration .
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